Mum shares shocking chicken pox images of son who was too young to be vaccinated

A mum's Facebook post has gone viral after sharing shocking images of her son with chicken pox, who was too young to be vaccinated against the illness.

Kayley Burke, of Queensland, Australia, uploaded the images of her 11-month-old son Elijah, alongside a desperate plea for other parents to get their children immunised.

'Vaccinate your kids people. The pictures below show you exactly why,' she wrote.

'Our poor baby boy who is too young to be immunised has caught the chicken pox. It has almost been a week since they showed up.. Today he was admitted to Ipswich Hospital with a secondary infection.'

She adds that both she and older daughter Kaliah, who had only recently had the vaccination, have caught chicken pox from the little one, saying 'Adult chicken pox is so horrible and painful I would much rather give birth with no pain relief.'

'Bottom line if you don't vaccinate your kids your a bloody idiot,' she concludes. 'Think about the risk you are putting on other helpless kids that are too young or who actually can't be vaccinated!'

Within a day of being posted, Kayley's message has been shared almost 10,000 times, and received countless supportive comments from other parents.

'A perfect example of why people should vaccinate. My thoughts are with you all', one wrote, while another added, 'Oh my gosh, poor bub! Can't stand hearing about stupid selfish people not vaccinating their children. Hope you all don't have to suffer this too much longer'.

'If even one more person vaccinates because of this post it'd be a win. But you and you family shouldn't have to go through this. Man it makes me angry,' a third commenter agreed.

In Australia, the Department of Health's recommendation is that children have a varicella, or chickenpox, vaccine at 18 months old.

However, the chickenpox vaccine is not offered as part of the NHS Childhood Vaccine Program in the UK, and is only given to those who may be particularly vulnerable if they come into contact with chicken pox - for instance, those undergoing chemotherapy.

'While chickenpox during childhood is unpleasant, the vast majority of children recover quickly and easily. In adults, chickenpox is more severe and the risk of complications increases with age,' the NHS explains.

If a childhood chickenpox vaccination programme was introduced, people would not catch chickenpox as children because the infection would no longer circulate in areas where the majority of children had been vaccinated.'

'If you vaccinate children against chickenpox, you lose this natural boosting, so immunity in adults will drop and more shingles cases will occur.'

Febrile seizures are relatively common in children. Rarely are vaccines related, and rarely do they cause any lasting harm.

Justthefacts

I don't ask anyone to listen to me. Check my facts for yourself. You know that they are true because you can say nothing against them.
You are just another anti-vaxx troll who hates the fact that you can so easily be shown wrong and you are on the wrong side of history. Luddites like you have been around forever.

FallsAngel

FYI (since I blocked that user and can't reply to him), when I pasted my version into my browser, the first link that came up was to the article. I have a good idea what the troll said.
He's lying if he said it didn't work. He's computer illiterate.

Justthefacts

You obviously have no answer.
Yes, you are wrong.

Justthefacts

So you are an ignorant troll. The underlined words are all links to the references. There are over 40 references in that article
You are fail troll.

Justthefacts

Its not hard to put down the chips and do a little research before you talk. I think Sonja can explain it ti you.

Justthefacts

I don't troll boards like you do looking for validation by insulting and aggravating other people. That is your disorder. Therapy will help you.

655321

Please get the psychological help you are screaming for here. No one will shame you.

655321

Thanks for sharing a non-referenced article. Useless, like all your posts. Please get the mental health counseling you are screaming for, you can do it, just take that first baby-step.

I do see you were the first one to this page and you are, in fact, and documented self admitted anti-vaxx troll.
ecowatch(dot)com/2016/04/06/robert-kennedy-jr-autism-epidemic-real/#comment-264091006

655321

Lol, what exactly do you DO in your bathroom....no thanks, please don't answer.

655321

Another false link, you NEVER disappoint Sonji!!

655321

Oh right, says the guy that spends his days online pimping pharmaceutical products.

FallsAngel

Oh, Dear God! This is "common knowledge" that is, among those who know anything. Chickenpox shedding is also vanishingly rare, as in 5 cases out of 5 million doses.
See: verywell(dot)com/live-vaccines-and-vaccine-shedding

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